[2.0] How to not refresh that grid.

I need a way to delay refreshing of a data grid until all my edits are done.

I have a dataGridView that is loaded with various data items, and I'd like to
stop painting of the grid while I assemble and load all that needs to be displayed
in order to smooth out the data display. Then, when all the data is loaded into the grid, behind the scenes,
refresh the screen with all the glorious new data.

It wouldn't bother me to "lock down" the whole UserControl if that's what it took.

Thanks.

OnPaintBackground?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ackground.aspx

We are using a DataGridView control which does not appear to have an "OnPaintBackground" method.

The problem we are having is screen flicker. We get a list of data to populate a datagridview control. The data will be sent 4 times a second. Clearing and repopulating the entire table produces some noticable screen flickering. So we are trying to compare data, lock the screen, update the table data by just altering cell data, and then redo the screen as needed. With limited success...

Any thoughts?

See if this helps

http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/window...earch/637.aspx